Richard O'Brien
Biography
Richard O'Brien is an actor, writer, and singer from Britain and New Zealand. Born in Cheltenham, he grew up partly in New Zealand before returning to England in 1964. After stage work, he met director Jim Sharman in 1972 and turned a draft into The Rocky Horror Show, a gothic-themed musical that became a box-office hit. He co-wrote the film adaptation with Sharman and played Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), then co-wrote Shock Treatment (1981) and appeared as Dr. Cosmo McKinley. His screen credits include Flash Gordon (1980), Dark City (1998), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), and Dungeons & Dragons (2000). He presented The Crystal Maze on Channel 4 from 1990 to 1993 and voiced Lawrence Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb and its films. The Rocky Horror Picture Show earned him a Special Teddy at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 and a Gaylactic Spectrum Award in 2000.
84years old
Turns 85 on March 25in 133 days
- Born Cheltenham
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Ritz O'Brien, Richard Smith and Ritz
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 45 years1972 to 2017
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Own stunts
Richard O'Brien learned to ride horses before returning to England in 1964, and that skill got him his break into film as a stuntman on Carry On Cowboy.
A role that slipped away
In the summer of 1972, Richard O'Brien met director Jim Sharman, who gave him the parts of an Apostle and Leper in the London production of Jesus Christ Superstar. O'Brien later took over King Herod, but the producer disliked how he played the role and dismissed him after one show.
A change of course
In 1990 O'Brien took over as host of the UK Channel 4 game show The Crystal Maze. He was known for sarcastic put-downs, odd moments and randomly playing his harmonica.
Richard O'Brien movies on Netflix
Also appeared in
- Jubilee (1978)
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension2011as Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2voice
IMDb rating 7.416K votes
Most often with
Jim Sharman directed two of these films. Fourteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jim SharmanDirector, 2 films, 1975 to 1981
All films by Jim Sharman
Also two films together8 more actors
- Melody AndersonLife After Flash (2017) and Flash Gordon (1980)
- TopolLife After Flash (2017) and Flash Gordon (1980)
- Patricia QuinnShock Treatment (1981) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Peter WyngardeLife After Flash (2017) and Flash Gordon (1980)
- Jeremy NewsonShock Treatment (1981) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Perry BeddenShock Treatment (1981) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Pierre BedenesShock Treatment (1981) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Stephen CalcuttLife After Flash (2017) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Richard O'Brien's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$340 million
8 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$171M50.4% of the total
- 2$98M28.8% of the total
- 3$27M8.0% of the total
- 4$27M8.0% of the total
- 5$15M4.5% of the total
- 6$913K0.3% of the total
- 7$359K0.1% of the total
- 8$28K0.0% of the total
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